Gherman Lab
Research Interests: Computational
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Computational Modeling of Bioinorganic Chemistry:
From Biomimetic Models to Active-Site Models to the
Metalloenzyme
Professor Gherman’s
research focuses on the computational modeling of bioinorganic chemistry.
The principal goal of his research
involves the application of computational chemistry methods to study the
catalytic chemistry of metalloenzymes and related
biomimetic systems.
Professor Gherman also maintains several collaborations:
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with Professor Spence using
computational methods to study cyclization reactions of enediynes and related
compounds
v
examples of our work from Org Lett, J Org Chem, and J
Org Chem
v
with Professor Miranda using
computational methods to study the electrochemistry of and reactions catalyzed
by metal-salens.
v
examples of our work from Beilstein J Org Chem and J
Electrochem Soc
Group Members:
I am actively looking for
undergraduate and graduate students interested in doing research in the area of
computational chemistry. Please contact me or visit my office (TSC 2009) if
you are interested.
Example Bioinorganic Project: Peptide Deformylase.
See our work in Theor Chem Acc (2011 & 2015)
Research
Resources:
Last revised: June 2, 2020